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coreutils-8.6 sort-float failure on ppc

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7228: closed (coreutils-8.6 sort-float failure on ppc)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:27:02 +0000

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From: "Gilles Espinasse" <g.esp <at> free.fr>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: coreutils-8.6 sort-float failure on ppc
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:46:56 +0200

Just tested 8.6 on linux glibc-2.11.1/gcc-4.4.5 LFS build on x86, sparc and
ppc

First a good news is that on sparc (32-bits), 8.6 test suite is now passing
I didn't report yet a failure on misc/stty which was
Failure was
+ stty -icanon
stty: standard input: unable to perform all requested operations


The bad news is that it fail now on ppc in FAIL: misc/sort-float

+ LC_ALL=C
+ sort -sg
+ compare out exp
+ diff -u out exp
--- out 2010-10-16 13:40:44.000000000 +0000
+++ exp 2010-10-16 13:40:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 -1.797693e+308
 -3.402823e+38
 -1.175494e-38
--2.004168e-292
 -2.225074e-308
+-2.004168e-292
 0
-2.225074e-308
 2.004168e-292
+2.225074e-308
 1.175494e-38
 3.402823e+38
 1.797693e+308
+ fail=1
...
+ LC_ALL=fr_FR
+ sort -sg
+ compare out exp
+ diff -u out exp
--- out 2010-10-16 13:40:44.000000000 +0000
+++ exp 2010-10-16 13:40:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 -1,797693e+308
 -3,402823e+38
 -1,175494e-38
--2,004168e-292
 -2,225074e-308
+-2,004168e-292
 0
-2,225074e-308
 2,004168e-292
+2,225074e-308
 1,175494e-38
 3,402823e+38
 1,797693e+308
+ fail=1
+ Exit 1

Gilles

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: "Gilles Espinasse" <g.esp <at> free.fr>
Cc: 7228-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7228: coreutils-8.6 sort-float failure on ppc
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 23:26:27 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Gilles Espinasse wrote:
>>> > The bad news is that it fail now on ppc in FAIL: misc/sort-float
>>> >
>> It's ok now with the patch on ppc.
>> It's ppc32, not 64 (gcc have --with-long-double-128 option if that matter)
>
> Thanks.  Adjusted.  I reproduced the failure also on ppc64.

This was resolved, afaics, so closing.

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